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Story:
Madhie(Vikram) is a mathematical genius who goes undercover and does high profile assassinations. In comes an interpole agent(Irfan Pathan) to nab him. During the investigation, the cops find out a shocking revelation about this assassin called Cobra. Who is this Cobra? What’s his story? and why is he committing these crimes? To know the answers you need to watch the film on the big screen.
Starring: Chiyaan Vikram, Srinidhi Shetty, Irfan Pathan, K.S. Ravikumar, Roshan Mathew, Anandraj, Robo Shankar, Mia George, Mirnalini Ravi, Meenakshi Govindrajan and others
Director: Ajay Gnanamuthu
Producer: S.S. Lalit Kumar
Music Directors : A. R. Rahman
Cinematography : Harish Kannan
Editor: Bhuvan Srinivasan
Plus Points:
Vikram has always been doing roles which are quite complex. The same happens here with Cobra as well. He gets a role with dual shades and performs it beautifully. All the hallucination scenes performed by the star hero are top notch.
Srinidhi Shetty gets a good role and does her bit in the first half. Irfan Pathan makes a decent debut and is neat as a cop. Though he does not create much impact to the film, he has done a decent job. Mrunalini Ravi gets a neat role in the flashback and she was good. Roshan Mathew gets a negative role and he is impressive.
The first half of the film was pretty decent and the interval bang is handled quite well. The manner in which a key character is brought into the narrative is thought of well. Yet another major bonus is AR Rahman’s music and BGM which was top notch.
Minus Points:
One of the biggest drawbacks of the film is it is painfully lengthy. The story goes on and on in the second half boring the audience. Also, the story is quite confusing and creates so many doubts in the minds of the audience
Technical Aspects:
As said earlier, AR Rahman is one of the biggest assets as his songs and BGM elevate the proceedings. The Telugu dubbing is decent and so were the dialogues. The production design is slick and so was the camera work. Editing is bad as close to twenty minutes should have been chopped off.
Coming to the director Ajay Gynanamuthu, he has done a dull job with the film. His story is simple but to make it engaging for the audience, he creates a complex screenplay which confuses things even more. By the end of the film, the common audience will surely have multiple doubts about the plot and their back stories. Ajay designs Vikram’s role well but the rest of his narration is haphazard and lengthy.
Verdict:
On the whole, Cobra is a half baked action drama that starts well and goes down in the second half. Vikram’s performance is top notch and AR Rahman’s music is an asset.
Openmictamil Rating : 3 / 5
